The president of the United State has a white supremacy problem.
SOUTH AFRICA: In a tweet, President Trump telegraphs his intention to put the full force of the U.S. State Department behind a white nationalist conspiracy theory about “white genocide” in South Africa. bit.ly/2Mw0AGP
BEATTIE: Trump speechwriter Darren Beattie was fired after he spoke at a conference alongside white nationalist Peter Brimelow, founder of anti-immigrant hate group VDARE, who publishes work by white supremacists, antisemites & others on the radical right wapo.st/2N7azC3
KUDLOW: Pres.Trump’s top economic adviser Larry Kudlow hosted Brimelow at his home but claimed not to know of Brimelow’s associations to white nationalism. Kudlow is still employed by the White House. bit.ly/2MtkAKj
KOBACH: Kris Kobach, vice-chair of Trump’s now disbanded voter fraud commission, has a fan base among white nationalists. Kobach has moonlighted as an attorney with anti-immigrant hate group FAIR. bit.ly/2LDNL8d
Kobach cited Peter Gemma, formerly employed by the white supremacist Council of Conservative Citizens, in a Breitbart column & entertained white nationalist Marcus Epstein at a fundraiser. bit.ly/2LDNL8d
TALLEY: President Trump nominated Brett Talley for federal judgeship. His nomination was withdrawn after it was revealed that Talley had blogged in defense of an early leader of the Ku Klux Klan. bit.ly/2PlCdZq
BANNON: Pres. Trump employed Stephen Bannon, former executive chairman of Breitbart News, at the White House for almost 8 months. Under Bannon, Breitbart was the far-right platform for the white nationalist “alt-right.” bit.ly/2LKMNaa
IAN SMITH: Just last week, a former Dept. of Homeland Security employee exchanged emails with white nationalists including Richard Spencer & self-proclaimed “white advocate” Jared Taylor. bit.ly/2oq4ylV
Every month, we track instances of hate and extremism in the White House. August’s numbers will come out on Tuesday of next week. splcenter.org/hate-white-hou…
But even without those updated numbers, one thing is clear: the highest office in our nation shouldn’t have a single connection to white nationalism — let alone this many.
